The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 15, 1979
Waning Crescent
14.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:43 AM
2:57 PM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 14.4%
- Age
- 26.0 days
- Distance
- 393,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 704
Events on this date
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Mars and Jupiter close together
They pass 1.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 315.64° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 135.34° |
| Illuminated fraction | 14.43% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 28.2° / 223.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 32m / -10.02° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 218.77° / 4.64° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.98° / -5.27° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -140.26° / 1.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.